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12/30/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/30/2025 07:36
PENSACOLA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF MACHINEGUNS (DOJ)
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Tre'Veonce Ezekiel Sanders, 19, of Pensacola, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of a machinegun, possession of an unregistered firearm, and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
U.S. Attorney Heekin said: "I applaud and deeply appreciate the vigilance of our federal law enforcement partners who intercepted this dangerous device in the mail and investigated its intended recipient. President Donald J. Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi promised to Take Back America from the offenders intent on committing criminal violence within our communities, and my office will continue to deliver on that promise with successful prosecutions like this."
Court documents reflect that in August 2025, agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations were notified that a parcel, which contained a machinegun conversion device, was shipped from China and destined for the defendant's residence in Pensacola, Florida. Law enforcement executed a search warrant at the residence and located a Glock handgun that had been modified to fire as a machinegun, multiple machinegun conversion devices, marijuana, ammunition, and over $6,000 in United States currency.
Sanders faces up to ten years' imprisonment on each of the firearm charges and up to five years on the narcotics charge.
The case involved a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jessica S. Etherton.
Sentencing is scheduled for March 10, 2026, at 1:00 pm at the United States Courthouse in Pensacola, Florida before United States District Judge M. Casey Rodgers.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America (https://www.justice.gov/dag/media/1393746/dl?inline ) a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).
The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Florida is one of 94 offices that serve as the nation's principal litigators under the direction of the Attorney General. To access public court documents online, please visit the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida website. For more information about the United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of Florida, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/fln/index.html.
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Updated December 30, 2025
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